Municipality history: The Uluberia municipality is a very old settlement. The British had created a municipality but it was not sustained. There is a rumor that Job Charnok first landed at Uluberia and not liking the topography, he went to Sutanuty, Gobindapur and Kolkata and established the Kolkata. In the fight for independence against the British rule many leaders including Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose came here. Rani Rasmani, founder of Dakhineswar fought against the British to restore the rights of fishermen from Uluberia. There is also rumor that Lord Chaitnya on his journey to Puri to see Lord Jagannath passes Uluberia in fact Rani Rasmini Devi crated Orissa Trunk Road for the journey
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